In 1979, Dan White, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mahs-KOH’-nee) and Supervisor Harvey Milk, was sentenced to seven years and ...
Killing the mayor, Moscone, however atrocious, was not difficult to understand. But why the harmless supervisor, down the hall, Harvey Milk? Harvey Milk was no threat to White's job at any time.